Automatic storage and retrieval system with shipping/maintenance module
CA 2096705 C · Owner: Harnischfeger Engineers, Inc. · Inventors: Jones, Lamar A.; Lloyd, Kurt M.; White, David M.
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An automatic storage and retrieval system comprising a main track having an end, a storage rack which is adapted to be fixed adjacent the track and which defines a plurality of storage locations, a storage and retrieval machine which moves along the track and which places objects in and removes objects from the storage locations, and a maintenance module fixed adjacent the end of the track so that the maintenance module serves as a maintenance area for the storage and retrieval machine the, module also providing a container for packaging the storage and retrieval machine for shipping.
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- Filed May 20, 1993 and granted July 1, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 2013.
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